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Artists or Bands

CK Mann(0)  -  Celestine Ukwu(9)[text]  -  Chata Addy(2)  -  Chief Udoh Essiet(1)[text]  -  D.O.C.T.O Aiyk(0)  -  Daddy Lumba(11)  -  Dr. Orlando Owoh(3)[text]  -  Dr. Sir Warrior(4)  -  E.T. Mensah(3)  -  Eric Agyeman(1)  -  Georges Darko(2)[text]  -  Ignace de Souza(1)  -  Kehinde Olajide(0)  -  King Bruce(1)  -  Nana Kwame Ampadu(0)  -  Oliver De Coque(2)  -  Oriental Brothers International Band(9)  -  Osei Tutu(1)  -  Osibisa(18)[text][video]  -  Prince Emeka Morroco Maduka(5)  -  Prince Nico Mbarga(5)[text]  -  Rex Omar(6)  -  Sir Victor Uwaifo(3)[video]  -  Stephen Osita Osadebe(5)[text]  -  

Various Artists

African Highlife(1)  -  Electric Highlife(1)  -  Giants of danceband highlife(1)  -  Guitarband highlife of ghana(1)  -  Highlife(1)  -  Telephone Lobi(1)  -  

News : Highlife artists and groups

Fricke?s Picks: Nigeria Special
African Diamonds The twenty-six rare and exciting singles and LP tracks on Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Nigerian Blues (1970-6) (Soundway) were made during a brief window of party and prosperity for that nation — between the Biafran War, which ended in 1970 at a cost of an estimated 1 million lives, and a military [...]
Source : rollingstone.com | 2008-03-12 20:50:09.0

Ghana: Made in Germany II at National Theatre
The auditorium of the National Theatre in Accra will on Saturday March 8 reverberate with sounds, beats and rhythms of Burger Highlife when a number of well known musicians of that era expose their skills in a historic concert.
Source : AllAfrica | 2008-02-21 18:19:30.0

Nigeria: Tributes As Osadebe, Highlife Star, Makes Final Journey
ENCOMIUMS were poured freely by prominent politicians, muscians and sympathisers, as the late highlife maestro, Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe was laid to rest in his country home, Atani, Anambra State weekend.
Source : AllAfrica | 2008-02-11 18:50:53.0

Nigeria: Citizens Pay Tribute to Osadebe
Thousands of people gathered yesterday for the funeral of Osita Osadebe, a legend of highlife music who combined West African and Western styles, and sold millions of records during a career that spanned decades. He would be buried today.
Source : AllAfrica | 2008-02-11 11:35:38.0

Nigerians pay tribute to legend of highlife music (Reuters)
Reuters - Thousands of Nigerians gathered on Friday for the village funeral of Osita Osadebe, a legend of highlife music which fuses West African and Western styles, who sold millions of records during a career that spanned decades.
Source : Yahoo! News | 2008-02-08 14:25:14.0

South Africa: Telecoms Agency for Country's Poor Samples Highlife
A CASH-STRAPPED agency designed to take telecommunications into poor and rural areas has been criticised for spending R281000 on an advertorial in a British Airways in-flight magazine.
Source : AllAfrica | 2008-01-10 13:06:53.0

Osadebe Resurrects in Onyenze
Though the great highlife musician, Chief Osita Osadebe is dead and gone, there is the likelihood that his admirers would not be starved of his kind of music either, as his successor is sure to have emerged to continue from where he stopped.
Source : africahit.com | 2008-01-07 13:29:00.0

Nigeria: Osadebe Resurrects in Onyenze
Though the great highlife musician, Chief Osita Osadebe is dead and gone, there is the likelihood that his admirers would not be starved of his kind of music either, as his successor is sure to have emerged to continue from where he stopped.
Source : AllAfrica | 2008-01-02 12:24:06.0

Nigeria: Osadebe Resurrects in Onyenze
Though the great highlife musician, Chief Osita Osaebe is dead and gone, there is the likelihood that his admirers would not be starved of his kind of music either, as his successor is sure to have emerged to continue from where he stopped.
Source : AllAfrica | 2007-12-10 13:11:38.0

Lumba Brothers in Fundraising Concert for Beijing 2008
Highlife heavyweights Daddy Lumba a.k.a Charles Kwadjo Fosu and Nana Ernest Acheampong are billed to stage a "Heaven on earth" performance at the Accra International Conference Centre on December 29 to raise funds for Ghanaian sportsmen for next year's Olympic Games slated for Beijing .
Source : AllAfrica | 2007-12-07 23:36:00.0

American Afrobeat Musicians Aphrodesia Go to Afrobeat Birthplace by Bus

Bloomington (Indiana), USA - Watching a large van of gesticulating American musicians in hot pursuit of Nigerian soldiers is an uncommon site in the city of Lagos. But the members of San Francisco band Aphrodesia had no choice. The band’s new album, Lagos by Bus, (Cyberset Music)—which uses Afrobeat as a backbone but also draws on Afro-Cuban music, Ghanaian Highlife, and jazz—is named after this harrowing experience.

Unlike most of the current wave of Afrobeat bands in the U.S., Aphrodesia does not simply pay tribute to Fela Kuti, the father of Afrobeat, but seeks to create original music, with a diverse set of influences. They also have the rare trait of being led by, not one, but two women vocalis...
Source : worldmusiccentral.org | 2007-12-03 13:35:00.0

Living the Highlife
Thousands of Capetonians participated in 94.5 Kfm's recent Dare to Live Like a Millionaire promotion with the promise of living like the rich and famous for 10 days. But one lucky winner, Marc Wyllie and his wife Sarita, have been living the dream since he claimed the prize.
Source : AllAfrica | 2007-11-21 17:22:03.0

Nigeria: Popstar Battles Marketing Company
In what promises to be a test case in the Nigerian music industry, multiple award-winning pop superstar and highlife icon, Sunny Neji is set for a monumental battle with a marketing company, Ahbu Ventures for unauthorized release of his new single, 'Rock Steady'.
Source : AllAfrica | 2007-11-05 13:10:31.0

Hiplife Music in Ghana
When hiplife was introduced in Ghana in the 1990s, many music lovers including highlife musicians did not take the artistes serious. However, because it involved mainly the youth, most young Ghanaians later embraced it.
Source : africahit.com | 2007-09-17 05:59:00.0

Voodoo Love Inna Champeta Land
San Francisco (California), USA - Champeta is the riotous Afro-Colombian street sound of Colombia's Caribbean coast - a powder-keg of rhythms from local slave descendents brewed together with Congolese soukous, Ghanaian highlife, and Nigerian Afro-beat. Three years in the making Voodoo Love Inna Champeta Land (TUGCD1035) finds Colombian Champeta stars Viviano Torres, Luis Towers and Justo Valdez jamming with African legends Dally Kimoko, Diblo Dibala, Sekou Diabate , Nyboma and Rigo Star, bringing Afro-Colombian grooves back home to African soil. Afro-Latin rhythms have never sounded like this before....
Source : worldmusiccentral.org | 2007-09-07 08:24:14.0

Gambia: Melody Makers Set to Release Album
Another musical entertainment band in town for yuppies and aged is the Melody Makers Dance Band. It is a Nigerian highlife band that is composed of different nationalities from West Africa. The band has been playing in the Gambia since 2001.
Source : AllAfrica | 2007-08-20 18:21:21.0

Vintage Highlife and Afrobeat on 'Bokoor Beats'
In Ghana, the '70s was a time of political repression, high inflation, and funky pop music. A young British emigre named John Collins formed the Bokoor Band with locals in 1971. The Bokoor Beats retrospective captures a band full of pride and confidence from Ghana's then-recent independence.
Source : npr.org | 2007-07-31 21:40:00.0

'He was in a godlike state'
Fela Kuti was the mouthpiece of Nigerian counterculture in the 1970s. He developed a style of music known as Afrobeat - an amalgamation of Yoruba rhythms, Ghanaian Highlife, jazz, American funk and pi...
Source : venezuelastar.com | 2007-07-25 11:35:09.0

Nigeria: Ebenezer Obey -Still Chief Commander
Those attempting to find the missing link between the Juju and highlife music genres have always looked in the direction of the man popularly called "Chief Commander".
Source : AllAfrica | 2007-07-16 18:22:21.0

Nigeria: Controversies Trail Music Video Awards
For over two decades, those who understood the definition of a good music video were constantly in pains, anytime a Nigerian-made music video was on air. From music enthusiasts to critics and fans, it was a hopeless situation- will Nigeria ever produce music videos that'll convince the west we have stopped living on trees? Apart from a few exceptions, music videos of the eighties and early nineties had a few things in common: the bar beach, gardens, scantily-clad dancers (often backing the camera and shaking their behind), an oral script, VHS cameras (later swapped for a better quality U-matic), and inexperienced director. From Fuji to juju, reggae and highlife, it was all the same thing - except when, briefly, in the early nineties, the more creative of them suddenly discovered how good swimming pools looked on video.
Source : AllAfrica | 2007-07-09 14:03:46.0

Nigeria: Paul Play, Infinity, Faze Top Amen Nominations
It will not be a good outing for three top Nigerian artistes: Jazzman Olofin, Sunny Neji and Tony Tetuila at this year's edition of Awards for Musical Excellence in Nigeria (AMEN) billed to hold today July 1 at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. The three acts have only one nomination each for the award which has about 56 competitive categories. Sunny Neji, a contemporary highlife artiste whose current album Off da Hook openly shows him flirting with pop and R'n'B, is only up for nomination in the Best R'n'B category - an irony, considering that he was only recently announced Artiste of the Decade at the Nigerian Music Awards. Many critics had scorned the direction of Neji's image and music, following the campaign for his new album in 2006, and the eventual release of the album. Then fans began to register their disappointment, as units refused to move off the shelves. And now, that it is making a dismal outing at the return of AMEN awards, it is certain the gifted singer and his label will begin to see the handwriting on the wall. Jazzman and Tetuila both have interesting albums in review (Mr Funky and Free Soldier). Unfortunately, they have only received one nomination each for an award the entire industry is talking about. It is not very likely they will be jumping up and throwing champagne parties right now.
Source : AllAfrica | 2007-07-02 17:03:38.0

Ghana Has Made It International With Her Music Son
Greetings to Ghanaians, those living in Ghana and those in the diaspora.

I am filled with much joy to present to you the king of highlife, danceable songs fused with Jazz, which weave a very pleasant mix of African rhythms and thought provoking Ewe lyrics -a blend of varied rhythms of Ewe traditional drumming with live instrumental backgrounds.

If U.S.A can boast of 50 Cent, R.Kelly, Usher, T.Pain, Jay Z, P Diddy, Beyonce, Michael Jackson and the likes, we can also boast of our king. He is no other than the heavyweight champ Godonu Kofi Srigboh, turning the world around and treating people to good music.

Born in Aflao in the Volta Region of Ghana, West Africa, Godonu who spent part of his childhood in Lome, Togo was bred in a family of mostly boys. With music running through their veins, Godonu and his brothers took it upon themselves to follow their family's music trend by learning how to play the 'Blekete' drums, made by their father.
Source : ghanamusic.com | 2007-06-28 23:38:53.0

Biography of Mac Tontoh
Most people, who know him well, know him as the man on the trumpet. Mac Tontoh (name in showbiz) was introduced to the trumpet at a very young age by his late father Michael Tontoh, a goldsmith cum father, who played the instrument in the church.

Kweku Adabanka Tonto, as he was named at birth in the 1940s in Kumasi, grew up listening to jazz on the radio and to highlife which dominated the region at that time.

He started music during his school days at the Roma Catholic school in Kumasi. Mac Tontoh’s first professional break came when he joined The Comets, led by his brother, Teddy Osei after his elementary education.

After playing comets where he gained experience, he from time to time played with some other bands in and around Kumasi and finally moved to Accra in 1962.
Source : ghanamusic.com | 2007-06-26 00:16:16.0

Oheneba P. K. Announces His Presence With "Full Stop" Album
In just a month more, get ready for Connecticut’s Ghanaian based hiplife / highlife artiste to drop his newest album, “Full Stop”.

He is backed by some of the Ghanaian musicians settled in the states including his cousin and true blood, Morris Babyface as well as other guest appearances by Appeh (Danta), Abena Sarfo.

It’s no other than your boy, Oheneba P. K. who is definitely coming out harder than ever, giving the streets exactly what they've been waiting for!

As the newest signing to Priddae Productions, Oheneba P. K. has carved a niche for himself in the states.
Source : ghanamusic.com | 2007-06-23 15:07:51.0

Lateas To Launch Album
Mary Lartey, best known as Lateas (her showbiz name) would launch her maiden album next month in Accra.

The eight track album titled "Wo Do Me" is a mixture of highlife, hiplife and little bit of pop.

Songs contained in the album include title track ‘Wo Do Me", ‘Jonnie’, ‘Yengae’, ‘Mpae’, ‘Abrabo’, ‘Larteley’, ‘Ma Me Mfama Wo’, and ‘Paris’.

It was recorded at Lamion Multi-Media Studio at Ashalley Botwe Old Town, Accra.
Source : ghanamusic.com | 2007-06-19 16:39:29.0

Nigeria: 'We Fight, But Babes Can't Separate US - PSquare'
Critics are fond of miscalculating and getting it all wrong. When dancehall act Baba Fryo released his single: 'Denge Potz' a few years before the dawn of the new millennium, everyone who had a medium predicted it won't take time before radio DJs began to throw the CDs into trash cans. "It is worth nothing, it won't go anywhere," they all chorused. All through the late nineties, Maintain, a group that became known as the unit of unauthorised copying and sampling, received hard knocks from critics and enthusiasts who were seriously appalled by their shameless interpolations. With each passing song; its hook, beats and chorus, critics unanimously agreed they deserved only one thing: to be nailed to the cross. In 1998, Daddy Showkey got locked up in the studios with producer Nelson Brown to cook up a new song. The result, 'Dyna' was immediately adjudged by many as a worthless experiment that would do the singer's career no good. The critics all hammered one one point, "why was Showkey trying to flirt with highlife when raga was his forte." Four years after his successful debut, the Ajegunle-bred ghetto apostle was faced with the prospect of a drowning career. For, which fan would be so stupid to put a dime on an album critics have completely scorned?
Source : AllAfrica | 2007-06-18 19:16:29.0

Burger Highlife To Tour The World
The story of 'burger highlife' has been told to Ghanaians - they were told of how and why it all begun, how it has progressed and then retrogressed, and why it is only this breathtaking, soothing, and soul touching genre of music that can send Ghana's music far.

The 'story tellers', themselves were individuals that were deeply engaged in events heralding the birth of burger highlife, and actions that followed its birth, as well as, observers from far and nigh, have within the past one month rewritten the history of Ghanaian music.

Now, all is almost set for the rest of the world to hear this story with the parading of a documentary on burger highlife across the world.

Plans are firmly in place for the showcasing of burger highlife at a film festival in Germany later this year as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of German-Ghana relations.
Source : ghanamusic.com | 2007-06-18 10:40:00.0

Pastor Tabi Joins The Gospel Music Train
The dream of Pastor Nana Tabi Afari to join the nation’s gospel train has come to pass with the release of his debut album titled Adom Ara Kwa.

After learning the rudiments of music right from his childhood through to his teenage years, Pastor Tabi has blosomed into a gospel musician.

Pastor Tabi’s latest eight-track album is a great delight to listen to. Adom Ara Kwa, the title track, for example, is a mid-tempo rendered in the highlife vein. This song encourages Christians to trust in God because He alone has the power to save.

Nyame Nhyira ,another song on the album, tells listeners that if the devil had been able to frustrate their progress, this time around they should pray hard to destroy the devil’s plans.
Source : ghanamusic.com | 2007-06-16 10:47:06.0

Kojo Antwi, Koo Nimo Perform At MASA
Two Seasoned highlife musicians, Kojo Antwi and Koo Nimo have been invited to participate in this year’s edition of Market for African Performing Arts (MASA) slated for July 27, in Cote d’lvoire.

Eddie Band, a musical dance group based in Ghana has also been invited to perform alongside the two Ghanaian artistes.

MASA is an international cultural programme created in 1993 in Cote d’lvoire for the development of African performing arts.

It has been designed to promote artistes and their works and incorporate them into international and socio-cultural development of Africa.
Source : ghanamusic.com | 2007-06-09 23:39:04.0

Amandzeba, Rex Omar, Philippa Baafi And Slim Buster Share Stage On Saturday
Ghana's highlife music stars Amandzeba, Rex Omar, Slim Buster and Gospel Singer Philippa Baafi will on Saturday 9th June, thrill an august audience at the final competition for the CAN 2008 tournament best songs.

The event which takes place at the forecourt of the LOC Secretariat at Ringway Estates in Accra starts at 4 p.m.

According to the Local Organising Committee (LOC), the event is open to the public and will also serve as a platform for poems considered to be worthy for participation in the final competition for the best poem of the tournament.

The poem composition and recital contest is being sponsored by Toyota Ghana with a cash prize of ¢30 million.
Source : ghanamusic.com | 2007-06-09 23:30:04.0

Nigeria: Osadebe - the Artiste And His Art
Nigeria, but particularly highlife music lovers all over Africa, lost one of her most glittering musical superstars with the reported death of Stephen Osita Osadebe in far away United States of America, last May 11, barely two months after he turned 71.
Source : africahit.com | 2007-06-07 04:26:00.0

Osita Osadebe (1936-2007)
The passage of Highlife maestro, Chief Ositadimma Osadebe, last month in far away United States, can be described as the end of an era as far as good highlife music in Nigeria is concerned.
Source : AllAfrica | 2007-06-05 13:12:20.0

Ghana: Burger Highlife to Tour the World
The story of 'burger highlife' has been told to Ghanaians - they were told of how and why it all begun, how it has progressed and then retrogressed, and why it is only this breathtaking, soothing, and soul touching genre of music that can send Ghana's music far.
Source : AllAfrica | 2007-06-05 01:18:33.0

On Drums... Paa Kow!
Paa Kow’s attitude, when he sits behind a drum set, is to coax out everything the set can offer. He exhibits flexibility and finesse in his playing and those are the qualities that have made him the first choice drummer for Kojo Antwi, Amandzeba, George Darko and Amakye Dede.

He has toured Switzerland, Holland, England, Italy and France with those musicians but the last time an invitation came to travel abroad, it was from the University of Colorado in the United States. He spent ten weeks there working with the university’s highlife ensemble and a quintet called By All Means.

The University of Colorado has been inviting accomplished Ghanaian musicians to collaborate with its highlife ensemble since 2000. Previous invited artistes include Agya Koo Nimo, Okyerema Asante, Kakraba Lobi and Mac Tontoh. At 23, Paa Kow is the youngest guest to have taken part in the programme.

“I enjoyed being in America because there is so much variety of music to listen to everyday. The quintet comprised a saxophonist, bassist, two percussionists and myself on kit drums. We worked out our own material which seemed to go down well with patrons in the clubs where we played. We are planning to regroup sometime later to record some of the material.”
Source : ghanamusic.com | 2007-06-01 06:30:35.0

K. K. Fosu For University…He Wants To Retire @ 40 Years
Contemporary highlife singer and guitarist, K. K. Fosu will be going back to school. This time round not to study science, administration or law but to upgrade his music career in Music and Education.

K. K. Fosu landed a scholarship at the University of Hartford in USA where he will be majoring in music and education.

“School opens people’s mind and lifestyle. The more we do music, the more our mind opens. You always need to do research when changes come in your music career and the best place is always schools and universities”, he said.

K. K. Fosu would be away for three years but would be honouring most of his gigs when he is on vacation.
Source : ghanamusic.com | 2007-05-31 15:00:00.0

Edition from May 30th to June 5th 2007 - WEST AFRICAN GOLD

A vintage look back at the heyday of West African post-independence music by the British label World Music Network. These are 13 songs that go from the Ghanaian highlife of E.T. Mensah to a forgotten gem by the Orchestra Baobab.
Source : mondomix.com | 2007-05-30 13:36:21.0

The Return Of Shasha Marley
Reggae musicians in Ghana find it very difficult to stand on their feet after their first appearance in the music scene.

The patronage is not very promising as compared to those who sing hiplife, highlife, gospel and so on. One of such reggae icons Ghana can boast of and has been in the industry for years is Shasha Marley.

He has been able to stand firm and has attain international recognition as one of the best reggae stars.

One special international event people will never forget him was his performance at the last Organization of African Unity summit held in Tripoli in the year 2001.
Source : ghanamusic.com | 2007-05-30 11:28:39.0

Mc God Resurfaces
After a long break from the music arena, Mc God is seriously working on his albums, Mc God 1, 2 and 3 which he said would be out soon.

Even though he could not disclose to Beatwaves when exactly they would be, he boasted of their phenomenal qualities. Mc God, one of the great gurus in Burger highlife, is a
composer, singer and producer who produces his own songs.

When Beatwaves caught up with him at the Goethe Institut to know more about his personality and the explanation for his long absence from the music scene, Mc God included a gist of why he was back home in Ghana.

“I am in to celebrate the 50th anniversary and work on my new album which I will want to release this year,” he announced. The German - based artiste has been a professional musician since 1972 and started his career, singing and playing drums in night clubs to make a living.
Source : ghanamusic.com | 2007-05-29 10:33:19.0

Michael Dwamena Hits Town!
Michael Dwamena, an American based Ghanaian top star in highlife music, rock and hiplife has flown down home from the United States to brush out few issues on his musical agenda which includes work on his video clip and the launch of his latest album entitled ‘owo mo otsi’ which literally means it is a kind of way.

Speaking to The Spectator, the Ghanaian Star best known as Ice Cream man, who has been living in Columbus, Ohio said he has been yearning for an opportunity to support a worthy cause of charity.

Michael who few years back has been irresistibly driven into the terrain of gospel rendition and recorded a gospel album ‘Prayer’ the third album of his collection has expressed his impression with the growing high level of our music industry, although he has been noted for secular music.

The virtuous impact of family influence of home training largely has been a dominant and creative force in coming out with “Prayer”. This recording unbelievably has been amazingly unique and attracted acceptance by his fans in the states.
Source : ghanamusic.com | 2007-05-28 00:28:07.0

Where Will You Be On 27th May in Bronx?

Events like this come once in a year so when it does come, don't be left out. BDN Productions this time round presents to you 'Da Annual Memorial Weekend Jumpoff' on Sunday May 27 at the New Ballroom, 1111 East Tremont Ave, Bronx NY 10460.

The much-awaited event will be causing mayhem in Bronz this year as the dance floor will be filled with much heat with music from U.S finest DJ's including Harlem's finest, DJ Ronny Ron and Dj Roni rocking the house with the best of hiplife, highlife, reggae, R&B, Soca and the likes.

The C.E.O of BDN Productions, Hashim in an interview dislcosed to Ghana Music.com that this year's event will be the most talked about. "It's either you are at the New Ballroom or nowhere."

It's like every event BDN Productions organises becomes a bomb so better book your tickets in advance because as at now, 1000's of tickets have been sold out.

Source : ghanamusic.com | 2007-05-26 20:24:07.0

Authority loses Highlife dispute
Highland Council's court appeal on how one of its leisure cards should be taxed is refused.
Source : news.bbc.co.uk | 2007-05-25 17:49:31.0

The New King Midas - Quick Action
On a quiet evening on March 30 19…, a bouncing baby boy who had music running through his veins was born. Fast forward to 2007 and Quick Action has become a household name. Everything that Joseph Appiah, known in showbiz circles as Quick Action touches turns into gold.

Big names and sharks like Batman Samini, Okomfo Kwaadee, Tic Tac, Afro Moses, Nana Quame, Bright (formerly of Buk Bak fame) and 4x4 have all had their songs blessed by the golden hands of Quick Action.

When songs pass through the scientific laboratory known as S24 Studios, the end product is a hit song. In bars, offices or in buses, it’s either the works of Quick Action being played or sports commentary.

Not only has he produced hiplife and highlife songs but ‘bombs’ for gospel greats such as Cindy Thompson, Mary Ghansah, Jane and Bernice, Bishop Michael Osei Bonsu and the likes. Hope you remember the instant hit song ‘Calvary Nyankopon’ by Cindy Thompson?
Source : ghanamusic.com | 2007-05-25 13:56:12.0

How Tic Tac Saved Daasebre - After Appearing In Court!
“You are so loud, you do not need a Microphone” were the words from Judge Mark McDowell after Tic Tac, the Ghanaian Hip life Superstar, had sworn an oath at the Isle worth Crown Court to give testimony about the life of beleaguered Ghanaian Highlife maestro, Daasebre Gyamena.

Tic Tac, who traveled to the UK on-board a British Airways airline together with Fred Nuamah, one of Daasebre Gyamena’s managers, gave a testimony to buttress what the prosecution referred to as “discrepancies” in Daasebre’s evidence to the court during his trial.

Tic Tac, in a very relaxed mood, told the court that “Daasebre is a good and popular Ghanaian musician whose songs talks about love and how to make it in life the positive way.

He revealed to the court that his relationship with Daasebre dates back to the late 90’s when he collaborated with the maestro to do a song entitled “KKBK”.
Source : ghanamusic.com | 2007-05-24 01:20:00.0

Daasebre's Mystery Yet To Be Solved!
After his not guilty verdict at the Isleworth Crown Court in London, popular highlife singer Daasebre Dwamenah returned to Ghana a free man on Tuesday 15th May at the Kotoka International with so many lessons learnt.

Whiles in remand Daasebre had a golden opportunity to study and he took that opportunity to undertake a course in Information Technology (IT) and Mathematics.

He received certificates for both subjects after going through the courses successfully during his drug trail in the Queen’s land.

He is also due to take his third Diploma in IT next month. Additionally the musician cum-entertainer has been awarded thirty three thousand Pounds (£33,000) as compensation for the time he wasted in court.
Source : ghanamusic.com | 2007-05-23 09:24:40.0

Teacher Boateng, The Teacher of Highlife
He could not resist admiring his father, anytime he exhibited his skills on either the guitar or the accordion.

Kofi Boateng, best known as Teacher Boateng, has therefore taken not only after his father’s musical skills, but also his polygamous lifestyle.

He has decided to beat his father by increasing the number of his wives from two to more than four. His father had four wives and 20 children.

Currently, he has Madam Elizabeth Korang Dartey from Kwahu and Madam Victoria Brago from Ashanti as his wives. He is also blessed with 10 children, six boys and four girls.
Source : ghanamusic.com | 2007-05-20 22:56:58.0

Burger Highlife Celebration Climaxes
The collaboration of German musicians, producers and Ghana Musicians in creating a cross-over music style from highlife songs, disco and funk, was last Wednesday climaxed with a performance by some highlife artistes.

The musical concert which took place at the Goethe Institut in Accra was to thank all artistes, musicians, sponsors and the whole team for their participation, support and hard work towards and during the celebration.

Some artistes of highlife, otherwise known as burger highlife, such as Charles Amoah, Mc God, Pat Thomas and the famous keyboardist, Bob Fiscian, were there to render a splendid performance by way of saying thanks to all participants.

Food and drinks were in stock for participants to enjoy themselves to the fullest, and people were there in their numbers to grace the occasion.
Source : ghanamusic.com | 2007-05-20 05:24:06.0

The Magnificent Return of 'Ahoofe' Dwamena
AFTER ALMOST a year long legal battle with the British authorities, the Ghanaian highlife star, Daasebre Dwamena has finally been found innocent of the drug charges preferred against him.
Source : AllAfrica | 2007-05-18 14:20:40.0

Nigeria: Osita Osadebe - Exit of the Highlife Icon
Barely two months after he turned 71 years old, Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe, the immensely popular Atani, Anambra State-born highlife music maestro has sadly joined the awesome league of great legends of Nigerian music of yesteryears.
Source : AllAfrica | 2007-05-18 12:37:00.0

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